The Manchester Benchmarks for Rail Vehicle Simulation

by S. Iwnicki (Editor)

Overview

This volume contains the results of the Manchester Benchmarking exercise for railway vehicle dynamics simulation packages. Five of the main computer packages currently used for this purpose were examined in the exercise and the results are presented in the form of tables and graphs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789026515514
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1999
Series:	Supplement to Vehicle System Dynamics Series
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface, The Results of the Manchester Benchmarks, Tabulated Results, Plotted Results, Comments Made by Participants, ADAMS/Rail - MEDYNA Program Statement, GENSYS Program Statement, NUCARS Program Statement, SIMPACK Program Statement, VAMPIRE Program Statement, GENSYS ib Railway Vehicler Modeling, Multibody System Simulation of Railway Vehicles with SIMPACK101 Rail Vewhicle Dynamic Simulations using VAMPIRE, NUCARS: Present Status, Present Usage, and Future Expectations, The Influence of Spin on Creep Forces for Non-Flat Contact A real, MEMPHIS - A Mechatronic Modelling Library for Railway Simulations